‘Anyone can back a winning idea, but only a rare few can find one. Rarer still, are those who possess that invaluable ‘stubborn’ gene, without which most endeavours simply die in the ‘maybe’ pile. One of many thoughts I have on Claudia...’ SAAM FARAHMAND, DIRECTOR

‘Claudia is that rare and special person in the industry. Ever critically engaged, Claudia is uncompromising in her perusal of culture and modernity, both macro and micro, translating it with vigour to immediate, engaging content that I still find myself returning to time and again’ RAVEN SMITH, COLUMNIST AND WRITER

‘I am always excited to see what she’ll do next. I like her—she’s calm, clever and good fun’ RON ARAD, DESIGNER

‘Claudia has an enthusiasm for design, and life, that’s impossible to ignore. Her vigorous commitment to projects she’s been involved with is self-evident. All of her passions come together in CLOAKROOM’ PETER MILES, GRAPHIC DESIGNER

‘I’ve known her for a long time. She’s kind of under the radar, always allowing a space for people to tell their stories. If you don’t know about her, you should’
GLEN LUCHFORD, PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Claudia Donaldson is articulate, questioning and honest, a wonderful person to collaborate with’ BELLA FREUD, DESIGNER

‘Claudia is that rare and special person in the creative world. She is a designer, a curator and an editor, with an exceptional eye for beauty and a curiosity for all that is exciting and contemporary. She has a deep understanding of tradition. She has a rigorous knowledge of what it takes to do something well. I have been lucky to have worked with her, as a colleague, as an advisor, and luckier to have her as a friend’ RUTH ROGERS, CHEF & FOUNDER, THE RIVER CAFÉ

‘Claudia Donaldson is a good commissioning editor’ NIGEL SHAFRAN, PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Claudia Donaldson is a curator of culture par excellence. With her meticulous eye for photography, art and design she has made CLOAKROOM an essential part of every style and culture obsessed persons coffee-table collection’ JEFFERSON HACK, CEO & FOUNDER, DAZED MEDIA

‘There’s a modernity and sensuality to her work. She has an ability to communicate visually in a manner that’s both subtle yet direct—a rare and precious skill. It’s also a genuine reflection of how she is as a person’ TONY CHAMBERS, FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF, WALLPAPER*

‘Claudia is a mentor to the new generation elite in digital filmmaking. She will take an idea and turn it into reality like nobody else I know’ CLARA CULLEN, FILMMAKER

‘She brings beauty and sophistication to anything she touches and the ability to express herself with work that feels both timeless and cutting edge. Claudia is a force of nature and one insanely talented human being’ JONAS ÅKERLUND, DIRECTOR